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PRESENTED  BY 

PROF.  CHARLES  A.  KOFOID  AND 

MRS.  PRUDENCE  \V.  KOEOID 


THE  EVOLUTION  OF  WOMAN 


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T^TVOLUTIOW  or 


Narry  Whitney  M'Vickar 


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HARPER  &  BROTHERS    PUBLISHERS 

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Copyright,  1896,  by  Harper  &  Brothers. 

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(A  Man's)  Preface 

Garden  of  Eden 

Time  of  the  Pharaohs 

Ancient  Rome 

Greece 

End  of  XIV.  Century 


OMTEWTJ 


In  the  XV.  Century,  1430 
Ye  Good  Old  Puritans 
A  Matter  of  Course 
In  the  East 
A.D. 1830 
Switzerland 

Belgium 
The  Club 

Venus,  M.D. 

The  Law 

The  Beginning  of  the  End 

The  Wail  of  the  Strait-laced 

Golf 

The  Open  Season 
A.D.  J 900 


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(A  MAN'S)    PREFACE 

"  O  woman !     In  our  hours  of  ease 
I  And  other  hours  |  so  sure  to  please," 
— Who  never  was  (as  man  was)  brute! 
Why  Kv7/  you  further  evolute  ? 
And,  fighting  so  against  your  star, 
Not  be  content  with  what  you  are? 

'Tis  true  one  cannot  justly  say 

Your  progress  always  found  fair  play ; 

Yet  still,  as  we  survey  your  mission. 

We  think  you've  bettered  your  condition. 

In  Eden — well,  man  did  not  make 

By  your  transaction  with  the  Snake; 

And  since  that  time  it  isn't  fudge 

To  say  he's  shown  he  felt  his  grudge. 

There  was  that  pre-historic  male 

Who  threshed  you  with  a  flinty  flail. 

In  Egypt,  after  daily  grubbing. 

Your  evening  brought  you — formal  drubbing! 

In  Greece,  at  a  most  classic  hour. 

They  fed  you — to  the  Minotaur! 


(The  reason  why,  a  sage  allows, 

To-day,  you're  so  "  afraid  of  cows.") 

In  Rome,  they  burned  you  at  the  stake, 

And  chuckled  at  the  fuss  you'd  make. 

It  was  sheer  mediaeval  duty 

To  raffle  for  you — with  the  booty. 

Li  several  much  later  ages 

Your  needle  was  your  work — and  wages, 

'^Vhen,  loneh, ,  in  your  husband's  den 

You  worked  his  feats,  in  six-by-ten. 

In  France,  ic  was  a  common  use 

To  wed  you  as  the  duke  might  choose. 

Few  wrongs  you've  suffered  much  unkinder 

Than  those  from  Salem's  grim  "witch-finder." 

(Who  Just  as  soon  as  he  bad  found  you, 

Incarcerated,  hanged,  or  drowned  you !) 

— The  Turk,  to-day,  has  not  forgiven 

Your  sex — nor  thinks  you  merit  heaven! 

— Oh,  yes!     There's  really  no  denying 

You've  had  experiences  most  trying! 

But — almost  everywhere  on  earth 

To-day  dull  man  admits  your  worth. 

You've  all  the  Rights  your  sex  affords; 

You've  stolen  lots  that  wen'  your  lord's! 

You  shoot — you  golf — you  hunt  'cross  ditches- 

You  ride  a  wheel — you  wear  our  breeches ! 


You  vote — you  preach — you  will  not  rub 

Along  in  life  without  your  club; 

In  arguing,  ever  a  top-sawyer, 

You  argue,  now,  in  court,  a  lawyer ! 

In  medicine  a  busy  master, 

You  dose  and  drug  and  stitch  and  plaster! 

— It's  simple  truth — we  cannot  shirk  it — 

You've  captured  each  "profesh" — and  work  it! 

In  short,  by  ways  most  sly  and  neat,  ^  ' 

You've  seated  man  in  a  back  seat ! 

But  why,  why  do  it  ?     Won't  some  elf 

Warn  you  that  you  forget — yourself? 

— Of  course,  you're  charming — now  and  ever! 

In  any  whimsey  whatsoever; 

But  do  just  let  this  thought  occur: 

MAN  LIKES  YOU  BETTER  AS  YOU  WERE! 

ALTHOUGH  YOU  MAKE  OF  HIM  A  MINION, 

YOU  REALLY  WANT  HIS  GOOD  OPINION; 

AND,  WHILE  HE  THINKS  HIMSELF  ABOVE  YOU, 

HE'S  MUCH  MORE  APT  (LEAN  LOW)  TO  LOVE  YOU! 

— Why  struggle  so  beyond  your  sphere. 

When  in  it — well — you're  such  a  dear! 

E.  Irenaeus  Stevenson. 


GARDEN   OF   EDEN 


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TIME  OF  THE  PHARAOHS 


All  womankind 

At  work  we  find 

In  Egypt's  clime 

In  Pharaoh's  time; 

And  Rameses 

His  wives  would  seize 

And  beat  with  ease. 


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ANCIENT   ROME 


ANCIENT    ROME 


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In  ancient  Rome 
The  joys  of  home 
Were  like  as  peas 
To  those  one  sees 
In  scenes  like  these. 


GREECE 


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On  Minotaur 
Was  laid  the  score 
When  maid  in  Greece 
Did  not  increase 
In  time  of  peace. 


END   OF  XIV.  CENTURY 


The  maid  bewails, 
And  faints  and  quails; 
But  the  Captain  rails, 
For  they  who  dare 
Deserve  the  fair 
And  wed — their  share! 


IN  THE  XV,  CENTURY,  1430 


To  women  of  all  ages 
Embroidery — missal  -  pages — 
Throughout  the  Middle  Ages 
Are  the  only  relaxation 
To  household  occupation, 
Excepting  man's  vexation. 


YE  GOOD  OLD  PURITANS 


Ye  good  old 
rA(7t  Puritans  ;A?j 


W'ltnefseth,  that 

Ye  ^vo^lfn  accufed  of  Witchcraft  are 
to  be  ducked  [\\  Y^PoiiJ,  wherein  if 

tlie\^  drown 

th^Y  are  ftmi'cihtwav   pcov^n  Innocent  & 
nothing  hurtfull  -atCV? 

Coiitrav^wife  fioweveC /f  they^ 

DO  NOT 

th.'^y  are  let  dowia^  as  /nanyfhings  harm  full  (:■&•& 
Witthes    and  formw/t/i  are   "to  be 

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The  poor  little  witch, 
For  Heaven's  sweet  sake, 

Will  be  drowned  in  a  ditch 
Or  burned  at  the  stake. 


A  MATTER  OF  COURSE 


A  MATTER  OF  COURSE 


In  France  of  old,  as  I've  been  told, 
Whenever  the  Marquis  needed  gold, 
To  marry  some  maid  to  a  homely  dependant 
Was  a  privilege  daily  in  the  ascendant. 

(Of  course  ,s7'('  was  more  or  less  dejected, 
But  dissent — well,  thai  was  never  expected.) 


IN  THE  EAST 


Unwed,  the  Turkish  women  fail 
When  Paradise  they  would  assail, 

Except  by  means 

Of  her  husband's  jeans 
Or  the   orthodox   flap   of   his   flowing       CJ  i 
coat-tail. 


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A.D.  1830 


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A  mouse 

In  the  house ! 

What  a  fright ! 
Lingerie 
From  Parce, 
And  a  sport 
Full  of  port: 

What  a  sight ! 


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SWITZERLAND 


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In  Switzerland, 
I  understand, 
'Tis  hard,  they  say, 
To  carry  hay 
And  yet  be  gay. 


BELGIUM 


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In  Belgic  parts 
The  women's  hearts 
Don't  pant  for  carts. 


THE  CLUB 


CLUB 


While  men  to  club 
Or  mart  repair, 
'Tis  woman's  part 
Her  lot  to  bear. 


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VENUS,  M,a 


Oh,  may  not  D.V., 
A  skirted  M.D. 
(^  fori  ion  three), 
With  clinical  glee 
For  lancet  and  fee. 
Ever  stand  over  me! 


THE  LAW 


In  another  way 
Phryne  of  old 
Was  not  more  bold 

Than  is  to-day 

The  maid  that  pleads, 
Draws  bills  and  deeds, 
And  other  screeds. 


THE  BEGINNING  OF  THE  END 


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Behold  the  wheel ! 
To  pedal  that 
Both  lean  and  fat 

Are  full  of  zeal. 


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THE  WAIL  OF  THE  STRAIT-LACED 


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O  tempora,  O  mores ! 
O  magni  dolores!* 
Oh  sacrilege,  which  is 
A  girl  wearing  breeches. 


T"^  WAIL  ^^"^"^  STRAIT-LACED 


GOLF 


At  golf  she  plays 
On  pleasant  days. 
Her  skirts  to  shed 
She  does  not  dread! 
A   better   drive,  a   better 

put, 
She    thinks,  is    sure    in 

such  a  suit. 


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THE  OPEN  SEASON 


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E  OPEN  SEASON 


'Twere  surely  weak  and  lame  of  us 
To  let  or  maid  or  dame  of  us 
Lightly  to  thus  make  game  of  us. 


A,D.  1900 


1900 


Oh,  heavens !   in  the  coming  years 

Shall  we  thus  draw  our  children's  tears? 

Shall  we  too  late  abase  the  knee 

Before  the  evoluted  she, 

To  blot  out  all  the  awful  score 

Ere  she  with  us  wipes  up  the  floor? 


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